GARDEN CITY, Mich. (DETROIT FREE PRESS)-- Garden City police are on the hunt for a pig bandit who made off with a $6,000-plus swine named Willie.

Willie's no real bacon-maker, though.

He's a plump, shiny sculpture on lease to the Garden City Downtown Development Authority for two years. According to the DDA, Willie -- a.k.a. "Cochon Rouge" by artist Sophie Marie -- was swiped in broad daylight on Friday from the Ford and Middlebelt area.

Willie, who often is dressed in different clothes, even has his own Facebook page. On Friday, an entry read: "Help I was kidnapped!"